...arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action before a Circuit or District Court. And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said...he shall be found at the time of serving the writ, etc. The State of North Carolina having ratified the Constitution November 2Ist, 1789 (1 Stat. 126)...

...arrested in one district for trial in another, in any civil action before a Circuit or District Court. And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said...he shall be found at the time of serving the writ, nor shall any District or Circuit Court have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any...

...in one district, for trial in another, in any civil action before a circuit or district court. And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said...he shall be found at the time of serving the writ, nor shall any circuit or district court have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any...

...of tie Judiciarv Act which declares " that no 'Ml suit shall be brought before either of said 557*1 'courts against an inhabitant of the United States,...he shall be found at the time of serving the writ, but a re-examination of the entire section will not permit us to re-affirm what was said in that case,...

...1789 (1 Stat 79) Is a provision, subsequently Incorporated in section 739 of the Revised Statutes, J J Under this section any number of nonresidents could be joined as defendants if only they were served...

...'applied only to Inhabitants of the United States; for its words were that no civil suit should be brought "against an inhabitant of the United States by any...he shall be found at the time of serving the writ." 1 Stat 79; Rev. St § 739. The substitution, in the act of March 3, 1875, (chapter 137, § 1,) of the...

...Co., 43 Mo. 105. 7 Lafayette Ins. Co. v. French, 18 How. 404. 8 I US Stats, at Large, 79, sect. II. original process in any other district than that whereof...he shall be found at the time of serving the writ. This provision was substantially reenacted in the act of 1875, for determining the jurisdiction of...

...any original process or proceeding in ¡Jany other district than that whereof he is • aninhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving process. The statute remained in this condition until theact of 1887, which we are now considering,...

...process or proceeding Jn any other district than that whereof he Is an Inhabitant," the alternative, "or In which he shall be found at the time of serving such process, or commencing such proceeding," and by adding, "but where the jurisdiction is founded...

...therefore not joined as a defendant herein, &c. The first section of the act of February 28th, 1839, provides that "where, in any suit at- law or in equity...district in which the defendant may live, or in which he sh.aU be found oh serving the writ, and that it may be waived by the defendant. And it is said, in...